Lawyers welcome Judge Weller back to his courtroom

Aug. 17, 2006

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Judge Chuck Weller set a chair in the middle of his courtroom Wednesday and invited all the family court lawyers in for a lunch-hour conversation, and to let them know that he has returned to the courthouse two months after he was shot in his chambers.

"I'm back at work, and I'm happy to be back at work," Weller of Washoe District Family Court said to a round of applause from about 50 lawyers crammed into the courtroom.

"This experience has changed every aspect of my life -- it's been a transformative experience," he said when asked if the shooting will affect his work on the bench. "But what I try to do ...